Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Claucht, Clawcht, p.t. and p.p. Also: clacht, claught. [Early ME. clachte, clahte, p.t., claht, p.p. of clechen: see Cleke v.] Caught, seized; carried off.(1) a1500 Henr. Fab. 2884.
With ane wisk … He claucht his cluik betuix thame in the threid Id. Orph. 126.
With that the quene of fary Claucht hir wp sone c1475 Wall. ii. 98.
He … be the coler claucht him with outyn baid a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 82.
Schir Kay ruschit to the roist, and … Lightly claught, throu lust, the lym fra the lyre a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1240.
His moder him in hir armis claucht 1513 Doug. ix. iv. 82.
The egill, … Within hys bowand clukis had up clawcht A ȝong cygnet Ib. xi. xiii. 162; etc.
Sche … Claucht onon the curser by the reyn 1533 Boece xi. v. 414.
Ane spar halk be the howlet claucht was be the thrott 1535 Stewart 16232.
He … In baith his armes syne hes him claucht a1540 Freiris of Berw. 572.
He stert to him, … And clawcht him vp withowttin wordis moir c1550 Rolland C. Venus i. 670.
In armes swith scho claucht hir awin trew knicht c1590 J. Stewart 225 § 102.
So vas scho raueist thence … As just Elias clacht abowe the air(2) 1533 Boece xv. v. 583.
Scho claucht him till ane quiet chawmer